Starch extractor



4March 9,1926. y 1,575,964

C.' L. BRALEY STARCH EXTRACTOR March 9 1926. I 1,575,964

c. L. BRALEY STARCH EXTRACTOR Original Filed August 1l. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 woemtoz Charlas L. Bra ley Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNITED sTATEs i 1,575,964 PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLEs L. HEALEY, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNOR OE ONE-HALE Toy CHARLES E. NOETZCER, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND ONE-HALE To THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, OE CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION E OHIO.

sTARCH EXTRACTOR.

Application mea August 11, 1921, serial No. 491,528.r Renewed January 21, 1926.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. BEALEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, 6 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Starch Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n laundry apparatus.

The main objects of thisy invention are:

First, to provide an improved laundry apparatus by means of which laundry may be rapidly starched and the surplus starch extracted with a relatively small amount of labor and handling. v y

Second, to provide an improved laundry apparatus by means of whichlaundry may be rapidly starched and the surplus starch extracted with a minimum of wear.

Third, to provide an improved laundry apparatus which is eeotive in uniformly impregnating garments with starch and at the same time very economical in the amount of starch used.

Fourth, to provide an improved laundry apparatus which is effective in draining` and extracting the water from the wash.

Further objects, and Objects ,relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invent-ion by the devices and means described in the following specification. The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure whichis a preferredi embodiment yof my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecilication, in which:

Fig. I is a detail side view, partially in vertical section, of my improved laundry apparatus, the laundry basket being shown in raised position by dotted lines, the plun- Ger being shown in retracted position by Iull lines and its supporting yoke partially Open by dotted lines.

Fig. II is a plan view. l y

Fig. III is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 3-3 of Fig. II, the chute being shown in inoperative position by full lines and in extended or operative position by dotted lines.

Fig. IV is an enlarged detail plan view showing details of the nut for the extractor plunger actuating screw. l n Fig. V is a side elevation of my improved laundry apparatus shown in relation to va washing machine illustrating its adaptation for extracting waterrfromlaundry. Inl the drawings, similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are ,taken looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the-drawing, I providela receptacle l preferably of a general rectangular cross section. yThis is supported on legs 2 at a convenient height for the operator. The laundry basket Bis made up of a framework 4 having wire walls 5 secured thereto. Thisbasket is pivoted at 6 so that it may be lowered into the receptacle as shown in full lines in Figs. I and II or raised therefrom as shownby dotted lines in Fig.l I.

VThe receptacle 5 is adapted to contain starch so that when the basket is lowered therein the clothes are submerged in the starch. When used for extracting water the basket serves as a dralner and as a chargingv means for the extractor...

The bracket 7; is provided with a pivoted rest 8 for supporting thebasketin its raised position. llVhen in this raised position the bottom 9 of the-basket is inclined to facilitate the discharge of the clothes.

I mount an extractor cylinder 10 upon the pivotfside ofthe receptacle. The yupper edge of this cylinder is somewhat lower than the pivot G. A chute 11 is mounted on the pivot 6 so as to be swung over to rest on the top of the basket as shown in full lines in the drawing 1or swung over4 to rest on the top of the cylinder as shown' by dotted lines iny Fig. III and bridging the space between thebasket` and cylinder, thereby facilitating the htransfer of the'clothes from the -basket to the. cylinder.

The extractor cylinder is provided with an inner or false bottom 12 having holes therein through which the starch may escape to the return pipe 13, which is connected to the bottom of the starch receptacle. The pipe 13 is provided with a check valve 14. The plunger 15 is provided with a face 16 of rubber. The actuating screw 17 for this placed in the receptacle, the `articles to be 19 to swing' away from the sta-rch receptacle, so that `it is out of the way when the clothes are beingtransferred. A latch 20 holds the yoke in its closed position. The nut for the screw is formed of sections 21 which are mounted in a` seat 22 in the yoke so as to he moved into and out ofengagement with the screw, thus permitting the rapid adjustment of the screw to the work or raising it from the work. These nut members 21 are shifted by means of the forked slide 23, which has slots 2f1rin its arms, `so that as this slide ismoved ,back and` forth the nut sections are shifted into and outV of operative position. A bridge-piece 25 holds the nut sections-in their seatin the yoke.

When used for starching, the` starch is starched are thrown into the basket lwhich is lowered into the receptacle, so that the" clothes are submerged in the starch. `W'hen the basket is lilled or the desired number of articles have been placed therein the basket is raised to itselevated position and 5 supported by means oi the rest 8, the yoke 18 is `thrown'fback andthe chute 11 thrown over onto the extractor cylinder. The clothes are Vthen pushed into the extractor cylinder,

the chute swung back and the yoke closed, Ithe latch 20 automatically engaging. The plunger maythen be dropped down to engage-` ment with the clothes by releasingfthe split nut and the ,nut reengaged, when the screw is actuated through its hand wheel 26, the surplus starchis forced out of the clothes and lthrough the returnpipe 13 to the starch receptaclef `The actuating screw is then re turned to its raised position and the yoke thrown back so that the clothes may be rmoved. The starch is extracted without injury tothe garments or their buttons or' the like.V The pressure of the plunger on the garments forces thestarch through the same so that while the surplus is extracted, it

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insuresthat the starch reaches all `parts of the garments. f

My improved laundry appara-tus is capable oil `very rapid and easy manipulation anda large quantity of articles may be starched with comparatively little labor and effort.

f In Fig. V, I show my improved `laundry apparatus in operative relation to a wash? the washing `n iachin-e into the basketv 3 from The wash is lifted froml which the water drains into the receptacle 1. The receptacle 1 is vprovided with a drain cock 28 from which the water Hows to the gutter, usually provided in laundries. ljVhen drained, the clothes are discharged into the extractor. lVater is forced out `as is described for the starch. .The water maybe discharged` directly throughthe drain cock 29 or 'returned to the receptacle 1, if desired.

Then .USed for extractingwater, the legs 2 are preferably provided `with" wheels 30, so that the apparatus may be moved from machine to machine." 'l.`he structure is compact and economical to produce.

provements in embodiments which I find very satisfactory. I have not attempted to.

illustrate or ,describe certain njiodifications which I contemplate, as I believe the struci I ha. e illustrated `and describedmy im-` Y ture illustrated will enablethose skilled in the art to Vwhich my invention .relates to embody `or adapt the same as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and dcsireto secure by Letters the extracted lliquid 'from said cylinderfto` saidreceptacle, and means for actuating said plunger. l

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a starchreceptade, an extractorcylinder, a return pipeconnecting said cylinder to, fsaid receptacle, `said return pipe being provided with a check valve, a plunger for said cylinderA adapted to force the `starch extracted from the extractor cylinder into said receptacle, andi means 5 for actuati'ngsaid plunger." o l' In .witness whereof', I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

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